PLAYMATE: Dalene Kurtis

COVER: Jeri Manthey

PICTORIALS: Survivor (grit and wit made Jerri a star of the Outback) - Jeri Manthey photographed by Arny Freytag; Sascha Knopf photographed by Marco Glaviano

INTERVIEW: Dale Earnhard Jr.

20Q: Stanley Tucci

FEATURES: "Heavier Than Heaven: The Fall of Kurt Cobain" by Charles R. Cross; "Group Sex, Fourth Floor" by Chip Rowe; "Playboy's Pro Football Forecast" by Rick Gosselin; "The Goose" (Tony Siragusa) by Mark Ribowsky.